New York · Nonprofit
ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD
ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,139,067 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($424,994). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Zahra Foundation Ltd does
Mission
Zahra foundation provides humartian aid to the destiute orphans of iraq and people suffering extreme circumstances around the world
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education Our long standing projects in Iraq center around development of education, health, and nutrition resources for orphans. The long history of conflict, embargos and dictatorships, has left deep scars that impede the improvement of the most destitute in the country. Our efforts are to provide basic resources and progress to offering education, training and improved living quality. We have regular medical aid, sundry distribution, educational classes, housing assistance for individuals registered with our organization who are regularly recertified.
$509,570 spent$509,570 earned by the program26% of program spendingWater Aid and relief, throughout the middle east and developing world, there is a dire shortage of potable water. We are working to provide areas in the middle east, africa and south asia with deep water wells and water filtration systems in rural and refugee populated areas that are severely under served. These water projects bring basic resources and improve health and life span for communities otherwise greatly affected by disease and poverty. Water projects are well researched before implementation and come with complete project plans and video review of completed efforts.
$201,500 spent$201,500 earned by the program10% of program spendingHousing Orphans regularly have a problem with housing. The cost of providing housing, maintenance, basic resources like refrigerators and toilets can be complicated to secure. We take the responsibilityto perform regular home visits for all registered orphans, assess living conditions and provide resources where needed. This includes building roofs, suring up walls, providing plumbing and water heaters etc. In dire circumstance we build new housing to provide for families that have no way of taking care of their residential requirements. Our housing projects also include orphan specific facilities that we build, maintain, and monitor to ensure the safety of all children.
$597,500 spent$597,500 earned by the program31% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 0, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Hospital We are in process of building a new medical facility in the city of Samarrah Northern Iraq, along with other urgent care resources for orphans and destitute people. In war torn regions where there is dire need for medical aid. A major restriction for providing aid is quality medical facilities. Weve found a secure location with access to resources and communities in need. Now we have secured land are in the process of building a complete facility to provide care. Were also running medical camps and providing physicians to offer urgent care until such a facility is complete. Facilities include medical equipment for treatment and testing, surgical and exam rooms, beds and rooms for care and emergency facilities Program Service Expenses 0, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Education Our long standing projects in Iraq center around development of education, health, and nutrition resources for orphans. The long history of conflict, embargos and dictatorships, has left deep scars that impede the improvement of the most destitute in the country. Our efforts are to provide basic resources and progress to offering…
$645,245 spent$645,245 earned by the program33% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,953,815.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $136k to $1.4M (+904%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Bilal Hussain
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $35k → $107k.
10 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 48% · 2020 64% · 2021 56% · 2022 49% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
91% of ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $106k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD?
- ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,139,067 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($424,994). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,139,067 in grants to ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $424,994 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ZAHRA FOUNDATION LTD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing